Stacy

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A few things about Stacy you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Stacy

Stacy Keach

American actor

Choose Stacy and your child shares a first name with Stacy Keach, an American actor. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Stacy, like who?” Stacy Keach's Wikipedia article is available in 43 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 12,853 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Stacy, 125 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Stacy would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryStacy has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Stacys, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1973, when it ranked #32. Today it's #1,652, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowStacy was 3.0× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 4,274 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 12,853.
• 🍂TrendStacy has slipped 454 places over the last five years and now sits at #1,652. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedStacy is most popular in New Jersey, where it ranks #846. It's in the top 1,000 in 1 state.
• ⚖️Boy or girlStacy is given to both boys and girls: 89% of the 140 babies named Stacy in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningStacy is an English form of Anastasia, which means “resurrection”.

About the name Stacy

Stacy is a gender-neutral name of English origin meaning “resurrection”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with S and ending in “-acy”. US birth records list Stacy for girls from 1892 to 2025, in 125 of those 134 years. Its best year was 1973, when it ranked #32 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #1,652, with 125 babies. Of the 140 US babies named Stacy in 2025, 89% were girls and 11% were boys.

Origin:English names